Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-10
THIRD EDITION.
rae TRIAL OF ELLIOTT.

ThlRD EDIIIUM. |
THE rRIAL OF ELLIOTT.
An the Evidence In for the ssats-Mr.
Turner Moves for the PrisOnsr's Dis
charge, bus the Motion 10 Denied BY
tine Court ana the defense Will Open
This Morning.
Court resumed proceedings ut )
o'cioak on Wednesday afternoon with
the Chief Justice and Associate Judges
on the bench. The jury In the case Of
Robert Elliott was brought in and
placed In the box and the trial resumed.
Officer Cross who WAS on the stand
when Court took the noon recess, was
recalled and cross examined by Mr..
Turnkr.
William Hanna was sworn, and testi-
Ned that he went to the coal yard with
Oficer Gross. Tnsy found the man
there, rs has been described by the pre-
vious witnesses. and proceeded to search
his pockets. The witness found " In
his vest pocket; the man Was In semi
console US condition, aud II Was only
with the greatest difficulty that he could
be understood.
D.. Wallace testified that he IL the
resilient ply sician Ut the almshouse.
He first saw Coyle about o'clock on
October 9, when he was brought to the
Institutions; no WAS in . semi cousciou Q
condition, and nearly all his body was
paraly zed. He could not speak when
brought in, and answered any Ques
tion asked him BY nodd,ng or shaking
his hsad. He Frightened up somewhat
In the afternoon, but did not say any
thing as to how he came to be injured
That night he talked little, and said
he had been hurt by being struck ON the
neck. The next day he asked the wit
ness what he thought Of his chances oil
getting we'll, and he gave him some lit
tie hopes, but day or SO later the wit
ness thought there was but little chance
month the witness told him there wsl
no hope of hts getting we'll, and that hi
injuries were Of such q serious nature
that there was no possibility OF his re
oovery.
Coyle seemed to have a hope almes,
up to the last that he woalc recover,
although the witness had told him on
several occasions that there was no
ground for hope The witness was
present on the l0h OF October, when
the prisoner WAS brought into Coy les
presence. Squire Der toilette, Chief Of
Police Dougherty and Officer Gross wore
also present. When the prisoner came
In the room he and OcyIe spoke stimuli
tAneously. The Chief of Police asked
the deceased II he knew the pr.soaer
and he replied that he did and that
was the man who had struck him
This caused an argument bet ween
them, and the prisoner asked Coyle IL
he could prove 1t, when he was take n
from the room and the argument bt
tween them stopped. The wound or
Ooyle's head WAS about the size OF q
quarter Of dollar. aud was on the
right side. He died on tho morning OF
the 13sh, aud 1t was the opinion of he
witness that his death was caused BY
the wound.
The witness assisted at the pos; m +.
tom exam nation, and found elot
blood on the brain aud the spinal CO.
greatly inf1smed. These effects WERE
NO doubt caused by the blow; there was
no fracture of the skull.
On Cross examination by Mr. Turner,
the witness said the wound on the head
could have been caused by fall. On
the post-m orJsD the witness found .
slot of blood in the heart, aud a,so tt at
the heart was enlarged and ths wal 10
very thin. Tho lungs were somew 1t
congested, and the general condition OF
the internal organs she wed that the
man WAS hard drin ker, but he did O.
think to an extent to have caused his
death.
Levi A. Sertolette testi6ed that be il
aJusttce OF the Peace In this city, md
was called to the almshouse last Octo.
Der to take the sffi iavit of a man in
that insti ution. He WAS accompanied
by Chief of Police Dougheriy, Officer
Cross and the prisoner. When they
entered the room there was o mutual
recognition between Coyle and the
prisoner and imme- lately afterwards
Csyle said, "shat's the man." this was
before he had been az ked any question:.
The witness Afterwards asked Coy lie,
sis that the man who struck you with
crutch?" and Doyle replied that il
was. This led to an argument between
them, When f lott asked him several
times II he cou d prove 1t, aud witnesi
had him taken from the room as til,
argument could do no good aud wal
only likely to excite Coyle. The wit
ness took down Coyle's statement. IL
which he made his effidavit, but h,
could not say tina; Elliott as in Tt,
room when this was done
John J. Dougherty est'fiei that Ii
Is Caief Of Police in this city and th4
he went to the aimshouse with the pr g
oner and the others on October 10th
The witness asked the deceased II III,
prise ner was the m IN who was wi
him the night hs was Injured and h,
replied hs was.
The witness did not ec>llecs hearir
the deceased FAY mat the prisone
struck him with a cIu,cb, bat la di,
remember hearing hun say that tn
prisoner had struck him Elliott aske
him If he could prove 1t, aud an arpu
ment ensued, when TIA prisoner wa
taken from the room.
Officer Cross WAS recalled, and state
that LIZ waa present when the prisone
waa taken in the room where Coyl
was. Elliott spoke, but Coyle did no
still Il was evident he recognized hin
Chief OF Police DJugherty asked Coyl
IL he recognized the prisoner as th
man who sJruck him, and he replied b
did. The question was repeated b
Squire Berto!ette, when he agai
answered in the Affirmative Elliot
then commenced to ask Linn to prov
it, when by order Of the Chief the v i
ness took him trerl tae room. Hs bs
known Elliott for the past ten year.
and never knew lin to walk with OIL
Crutch.
DIR. Willard Springer testified that /
10 the coroner's paysician; he saw Pa
rick FL. Coyle the day before he diet
and he seemed TO be thoroughly COZ
scious; the witutss assisted az the pos
morton examinstiou; the only externi
evidecce of violence was % wound q
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